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Heirs of Pacers Vs. Heirs of Ygoña

HEIRS OF MARIO PACRES, namely: VALENTINA Vda. DE PACRES, JOSERINO, ELENA, LEOVIGILDO, LELISA, and LOURDES all surnamed PACRES, and VEÑARANDA Vda. DE ABABA, Petitioners, versus HEIRS of CECILIA YGOÑA, namely BAUDILLO YGOÑA YAP, MARIA YAP DETUYA, JOSEFINA YAP, EGYPTIANA YAP BANZON, and VICENTE YAP[1] and HILARIO RAMIREZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 174719 | 2010-05-05

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

While contracts are generally obligatory in whatever form they may have been entered into, it remains imperative for a party that seeks the performance thereof to prove the existence and the terms of the contract by a preponderance of evidence. Bare assertions are not the quantum of proof contemplated by law.

This Petition for Review[2] assails the Decision[3] dated October 28, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA), as well as its Resolution[4] dated August 31, 2006. The dispositive portion of the assailed Decision reads:

WHEREFORE, with the foregoing, the Decision of the Regional Trial Court, 7th Judicial Region,...